University Attended:
University of Virginia, A.B., 1976
Law School Attended:
University of South Carolina, J.D., 1979
Year of First Admission:
1979
Admission:
1979, South Carolina; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 1979, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Memberships:
South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; Defense Research Institute.
Birth Information:
Charleston, South Carolina, 1953
Reported Cases:
Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Com'n, 502 U.S. 197 (1991); Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Com'n, 306 S.C. 260 (1990); Alcorn v. Ford Motor Co., 276 S.C. 180 (1981); Freeman v. South Carolina Public Railways Com'n, 302 S.C. 51 (1990); Atkinson v. Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc., 361 S.C. 156 (2004); Raco Car Wash Systems, Inc. v. Smith, 929 F.2d 694 (4th Cir. 1991); Gray v. Petoseed Co., Inc., 129 F.3d 1259 (4th Cir. 1997); United Transp. Union v. South Carolina Public Ry. Com'n, 130 F.3d 627 (4th Cir. 1997); Thomas v. Glidden Co., 153 F.3d 722 (4th Cir. 1998); International Paper Co. v. Schwabedissen Maschinen & Anlagen GMBH, 206 F.3d 411 (4th Cir. 2000); Western Heritage Ins. v. Giuliani, 38 Fed.Appx. 974 (4th Cir. 2002); Miller v. Asensio & Co., Inc., 364 F.3d 223 (4th Cir. 2004); Kerby v. Associated Petroleum Carriers, Inc., 281 S.C. 622 (Ct. App. 1984); Jarrell v. Petoseed Co., Inc., 331 S.C. 207 (Ct. App. 1998); Carolina Cas. Ins. Co. v. Transport Indem. Co., 533 F.Supp. 22 (D.S.C.1981); Raco Car Wash Systems, Inc. v. Smith, 730 F.Supp. 695 (D.S.C. 1989); Robinson v. J.F. Cleckley & Co., Inc., 751 F.Supp. 100 (D.S.C. 1990); CFT Seaside Inv. Ltd. Partnership v. Hammet, 868 F.Supp. 836 (D.S.C. 1994); Gray v. Petoseed Co., Inc., 985 F.Supp. 625 (D.S.C. 1996); Union Ins. Co. v. Soleil Group, Inc., 585 F.Supp.2d 783 (D.S.C. 2008); Union Ins. Co. v. Soleil Group, Inc., 465 F.Supp.2d 567 (D.S.C. 2006).
Hobbies & interests:
Golf, sailing, reading